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High Wind Warning 7, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind warning at Jan 22, 2012, 10:03 PM MST for Albany County, Carbon County, Wyoming. It was in force for 4 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 22, 2012, 10:03 PM MST (05:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2012, 1:51 AM MST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
Counties Albany County, WY, Carbon County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 11:25 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 54 | Arlington, WY | WINDS WERE SUSTAINED AT 42 MPH. |
| Jan 22, 11:27 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 54 | Vedauwoo, WY | WINDS WERE SUSTAINED AT 42 MPH. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 230 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2979 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
688 WWUS75 KCYS 230503 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1003 PM MST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING IN THE ARLINGTON AREA... .A LARGE DIFFERENCE IN HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING THROUGH THIS EVENING. THAT WILL RESULT IN STRONG WINDS IN THE ARLINGTON AREA THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH. WYZ110-230900- /O.EXP.KCYS.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120123T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KCYS.HW.W.0007.120123T0503Z-120123T0900Z/ NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 1003 PM MST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST MONDAY. * TIMING...UNTIL 2 AM. * WINDS...WEST OR SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR THOSE WITH LIGHT WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN LARAMIE AND RAWLINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. FOR DETAILED ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN WYOMING AND NEBRASKA...DIAL 5 1 1. && $$ WEILAND
1 follow-up statement
462 WWUS75 KCYS 230851 NPWCYS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 151 AM MST MON JAN 23 2012 ...WINDS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DECREASE OVERNIGHT... .THE SURFACE AND LOW LEVEL PRESSURE GRADIENTS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN THE REST OF THE NIGHT. WYZ110-231000- /O.CAN.KCYS.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120123T0900Z/ NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARLINGTON...ELK MOUNTAIN 151 AM MST MON JAN 23 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DECREASE THE REST OF THE NIGHT. $$ RUBIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 5:44 PM MST | High Wind Warning | CYS | Albany, Carbon | 4 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.